#disinfectant Archives - Center for Environmental Health

It’s cold and flu season, and with the impending swaths of people coming through your house over the next week, you’ll want to be prepared to disinfect if any of them are sniffly.

Dec 20, 2018Karen Wang, PhD

But, instead of reaching for the bottle of mysterious disinfectant, reach for some hydrogen peroxide. It kills germs, is better for your health, and is something you might already have on hand – win!

Simple Swap: Hydrogen Peroxide is a Safer Disinfectant

Nov 7, 2018Emma Zang-Schwartz, MPH

*COVID-19* For a cleaning and disinfecting guide that is specific to the novel coronavirus pandemic, please see our article: A Complete Guide to Non-Toxic Cleaning and Disinfecting During the Coronavirus PandemicCleaning is important, you should definitely do it....

It’s officially cold and flu season.

Oct 11, 2018Because Health

But, before you start going around disinfecting everything and hunting down all the antibacterial soap you can find, hear us out. Antibacterial soap isn’t actually any better at killing germs than regular soap and water. In fact, the FDA has told companies to...